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Pope Leo XIV Sends New Shipment of Humanitarian Aid to Lebanon and Ukraine
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (346+ words) Vatican, 27 April, 2026 / 1: 00 AM In recent days, the new papal almoner, Archbishop Luis Mar'n de San Mart'n, confirmed that Pope Leo XIV sent humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Ukraine, two countries suffering from war. The prelate, who is charged with overseeing…...
Pope Leo XIV Tells New Priests: "You are a channel, not a filter"
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1004+ words) Vatican, 26 April, 2026 / 1: 24 AM VATICAN CITY, April 26, 2026 " Pope Leo XIV ordained 10 new priests in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, urging them to keep the doors of the Church open and to remember that their mission is to welcome, not to exclude....
Three Ways Nairobi-based Missionary Priest is Promoting Devotion to Cardinal Otunga on Path to Sainthood
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (602+ words) One of the most visited places at the Resurrection Garden shrine of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (ADN) in Kenya is the tomb of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga, where pilgrims pray at the resting place of…...
Shared journey: Preparatory Commission Attributes Success of Pope Leo XIV's Visit to Angola to Collective Effort
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1137+ words) Luanda, 25 April, 2026 / 6: 54 pm (ACI Africa). The General Coordinator of the ad hoc Working Commission for the Preparation of the Apostolic Visit of Pope Leo XIV to Angola has attributed the success of the four-day visit to the collective effort of…...
Pope Leo XIV's Just-Concluded Visit to Africa Inspires Hope, Unity, and Stronger Faith, Says Nigerian Catholic Bishop
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1211+ words) By Abah Anthony John Abuja, 25 April, 2026 / 6: 37 pm (ACI Africa). Bishop Oliver Dashe'Doeme of Nigeria's Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has described Pope Leo XIV's just-concluded visit to Africa as a moment of grace that will strengthen the Church and renew faith…...
Owerri Catholic Archdiocese in Nigeria Launches Franciscan Jubilee Year, Calls for Firm Faith, Moral Renewal
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (748+ words) Owerri, 25 April, 2026 / 4: 00 pm (ACI Africa). The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri in Nigeria has launched the Special Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi, urging the faithful to embrace spiritual renewal, moral responsibility, and active civic engagement. In a pastoral letter…...
Vatican Halts Sainthood Cause of U. S. -born Jesuit Priest, Gulag Survivor Who Ministered to Fellow Prisoners
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (604+ words) National Catholic Register, 25 April, 2026 / 1: 26 am (ACI Africa). The Vatican has halted the cause for sainthood of Father Walter Ciszek, a Pennsylvania-born Jesuit priest who ministered to fellow prisoners while enduring more than 20 years of imprisonment in Russia. Ciszek (19041984) is known…...
Joy That Endures: African Cardinal, Bishop Affirm Pope Leo XIV's Vision of Africa as "reservoir of hope
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1144+ words) By ACI Africa Staff Malabo, 25 April, 2026 / 12: 47 AM The characterization of Africa as "a reservoir of joy and hope" by Pope Leo XIV during his just ended maiden four-nation Apostolic Journey to Africa as Pope is finding strong affirmation among Church…...
Fruits of Pope Leo XIV's Africa "will be seen in what we become: South Sudanese Bishop
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (816+ words) Tombura-Yambio, 24 April, 2026 / 10: 19 pm (ACI Africa). The Bishop of South Sudan's Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) has expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV and to the people of the nations he visited during his April 1323 Apostolic Journey to Africa, saying their…...
We look forward to more Papal visits to Africa," Nigerian Archbishop after Pope Leo XIV's Apostolic Journey
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (670+ words) Abuja, 24 April, 2026 / 3: 30 pm (ACI Africa). Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has described the April 1323 first Apostolic Journey of Pope Leo XIV to Africa as "fruitful and impactful," expressing hope for continued papal engagement with the…...